13 June, 2014
Emeritus Professor Toshiro Fujita (Division of Clinical Epigenetics) has
been awarded the ISH Franz Volhard Award as the first Japanese honoree.
The award ceremony and commemorative lecture held at the International
Society of Hypertension 2014.

2 June, 2014
Professor Hiroyuki Morikawa (Networks and Mobile Systems) received the
64th Radio Day Ministerial Commendations award at the Central Memorial
Ceremony of FY2014 Radio Day and Info-Communications Promotion Month. He
has contributed to the development of information and communications,
and those who are expected to have a bright future in creative
activities in the field of digital contents.

18 July, 2014
Professor Hisashi Nakamura (Climate Science Research) and the research
group's paper about the seasonal warming of East China Sea is causing a
particular torrential rain event in Kyushu "impacts of a warming
marginal sea on torrential rainfall organized under the Asian summer
monsoon" has been published in "Scientific Reports".http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140718/srep05741/full/srep05741.html